# 2012–13 FK Baku season

The Baku 2012–13 season is Baku's fifteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. This is Baku's first season under Božidar Bandović, who replaced Novruz Azimov after the UEFA Europa League qualifiers where they were beaten 2–0 on aggregate by Mura 05 of Slovenia. Baku will also participate in the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup.

## Squad

    As of 25 April 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev |
| 2 | DF | BOL | Edemir Rodríguez |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Deniss Ivanovs |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Agil Nabiyev |
| 7 | MF | LTU | Deividas Česnauskis |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Lucas Horvat |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov (captain) |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Elvin Aliyev (vice-captain) |
| 16 | GK | AZE | Aqil Mammadov |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Mario Rubio |
| 19 | FW | AZE | Nurlan Novruzov |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Risto Ristović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev |
| 24 | FW | ROU | Marius Pena |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev |
| 27 | DF | GEO | George Popkhadze |
| 28 | FW | TUR | Ferdi Elmas |
| 29 | DF | AZE | Aziz Guliyev |
| 36 | FW | CRC | Winston Parks |
| 38 | FW | AZE | Namig Alasgarov |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Aleksandar Šolić |
| 82 | GK | MKD | Edin Nuredinoski |
| 93 | GK | AZE | Elkhan Ahmadov |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Rahman Hajiyev |
| 88 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov |

### On Loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Elshad Manafov (at Turan Tovuz) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BOL | Edemir Rodríguez (from Club Bolívar) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov (from Ravan Baku) |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Mantzios (from OFI Crete) |
| 26 | MF | ARG | Leandro Becerra (from PAS Giannina) |
| 27 | DF | GEO | George Popkhadze (from Sturm Graz) |
| 29 | DF | AZE | Aziz Guliyev (from Inter Baku) |
| 82 | GK | MKD | Edin Nuredinoski (from Ethnikos Achna) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Marko Šarlija (to Olympiakos Nicosia) |
| 4 | DF | MDA | Vadim Boret (Retired) |
| 23 | GK | SEN | Kalidou Cissokho (Retired) |
| 98 | FW | ESP | Koke (to Jahn Regensburg) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev (from Khazar Lankaran) |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Agil Nabiyev (from AZAL) |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Mario Rubio (from Olympiakos Nicosia) |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Risto Ristović (from Novi Pazar) |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev (from Qarabağ) |
| 24 | FW | ROU | Marius Pena (from Oțelul Galați) |
| 28 | FW | TUR | Ferdi Elmas (from Karşıyaka) |
| 88 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov (from Adana Demirspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Duje Baković (released) |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Jamshid Maharramov (to Kəpəz) |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov (to Ravan Baku) |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Elshad Manafov (loan to Turan Tovuz) |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Mantzios (to Atromitos) |
| 23 | FW | LVA | Māris Verpakovskis (to Ergotelis) |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Nenad Kovačević (to UTA Arad) |
| 26 | MF | ARG | Leandro Becerra |
| 36 | FW | CRC | Winston Parks (to Uruguay Coronado) |
| — | DF | AZE | Elshad Manafov (loan to Turan Tovuz) |
| — | DF | AZE | Vugar Baybalayev (loan to Turan Tovuz) |
| — | DF | AZE | Vasif Rzayev (loan to Turan Tovuz) |
| — | FW | AZE | Ulvi Guliyev (loan to Turan Tovuz) |

## Competitions
### Azerbaijan Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 March 2013. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Simurq | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 36 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Gabala | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 32 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Baku | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | AZAL | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 29 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 8 | Khazar Lankaran | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 28 | Qualification for relegation group |

### Azerbaijan Premier League Championship Group
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2013. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Baku | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Simurq | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 48 | |
| 5 | Baku | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 41 | |
| 6 | Gabala | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 38 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round
##### Notes

* Note 1: Baku's game against Neftchi Baku was postponed due to Neftchi's involvement in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League
* Note 2: Baku's game against Khazar Lankaran was postponed due to a clash with FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifier.
* Note 3: Baku's game away to Turan Tovuz on 10 December was postponed due to a fire at the Tofig Bakhramov Stadium.
* Note 4: Baku played their home match at Dalga Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku.

## Squad statistics

    As of 20 May 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Kamran Agayev | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BOL | Edemir Rodríguez | 22 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Deniss Ivanovs | 22 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Agil Nabiyev | 11 | 3 | 8+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SLE | Ibrahim Kargbo | 27 | 1 | 18+5 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | LTU | Deividas Česnauskis | 23 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho | 29 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Lucas Horvat | 31 | 3 | 21+4 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AZE | Elvin Mammadov | 35 | 2 | 21+7 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AZE | Elvin Aliyev | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | AZE | Aqil Mammadov | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Mario | 6 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | AZE | Tural Gurbatov | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AZE | Nurlan Novruzov | 15 | 3 | 7+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AZE | Elshad Manafov | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AZE | Novruz Mammadov | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Risto Ristović | 13 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | AZE | Rauf Aliyev | 13 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ROU | Marius Pena | 19 | 7 | 12+3 | 6 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AZE | Shahriyar Aliyev | 35 | 1 | 30+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GEO | George Popkhadze | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | TUR | Ferdi Elmas | 10 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | AZE | Aziz Guliyev | 20 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | AZE | Namig Alasgarov | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Aleksandar Šolić | 36 | 4 | 19+10 | 3 | 3+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 82 | GK | MKD | Edin Nuredinoski | 29 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | AZE | Javid Huseynov | 14 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | AZE | Vadim Abdullayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | AZE | Rahman Hajiyev | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Baku no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | CRO | Duje Baković | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Jamshid Maharramov | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Ramazan Abbasov | 7 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Mantzios | 8 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | LVA | Māris Verpakovskis | 11 | 2 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Nenad Kovačević | 13 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ARG | Leandro Becerra | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | CRC | Winston Parks | 7 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 24 | Marius Pena | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 77 | Aleksandar Šolić | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Nurlan Novruzov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Lucas Horvat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | 5 | Agil Nabiyev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 22 | Vangelis Mantzios | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Edemir Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Juninho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 23 | Māris Verpakovskis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Elvin Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 23 | Rauf Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 88 | Javid Huseynov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | 36 | Winston Parks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 6 | Ibrahim Kargbo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 29 | Aziz Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 19 | Nurlan Novruzov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 17 | Mario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 18 | Tural Gurbatov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 25 | Shahriyar Aliyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 6 | 0 | 39 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Azerbaijan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Kamran Agayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Edemir Rodríguez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Deniss Ivanovs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Agil Nabiyev | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Ibrahim Kargbo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Deividas Česnauskis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Juninho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Lucas Horvat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Elvin Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Jamshid Maharramov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Aqil Mammadov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ramazan Abbasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Mario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Nurlan Novruzov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Elshad Manafov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Novruz Mammadov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Risto Ristović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Vangelis Mantzios | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Māris Verpakovskis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Rauf Aliyev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | Marius Pena | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Nenad Kovačević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Shahriyar Aliyev | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | George Popkhadze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Aziz Guliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Aleksandar Šolić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | GK | Edin Nuredinoski | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | Javid Huseynov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 76 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 3 |